ADE Assistive Technology Short Term
Loan Library

The mission of the ADE Assistive Technology Short Term Loan Library is to make a wide variety
of assistive technology devices, equipment, software and professional
development materials available to school personnel in order to improve access
to assistive technology—at no cost. The program is designed to provide
short-term (4 weeks) loans of assistive technology for learning products.

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Arizona University Center on Disabilities (AzUCD)

The University Centers on Disabilities were established by
President Kennedy's Panel on Mental Retardation to serve as a bridge between
universities and communities. The underlying premise for University Centers on
Disabilities is how the active, reciprocal exchange of information and resources
between communities and institutions of higher education would benefit persons
with disabilities through improved systems of service and personnel
preparation.

For more information about the Arizona University Center on
Disabilities, contact:

Assistive Technology Center

The Assistive Technology (AT) Center is a resource to the communities of Northern Arizona and statewide. Located on the Northern Arizona University (NAU) campus, the Center is a program of the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and supports the mission of IHD through the provision of direct services, interdisciplinary training, technical assistance, and information dissemination related to the field of AT.

For more information contact:

Deborah Mariage928-523-6759Deborah.mariage@nau.edu

Growing in Beauty Partnership Program (GIBPP)

The Institute for Human Development’s Growing in Beauty
Partnership Program (GIBPP) is funded by the Navajo Nation’s Education
Department to assist the Navajo tribe in addressing their intergovernmental
agreement (IGA) with Arizona’s Part C Program for infants and toddlers. The IGA
requires the tribal program to identify and serve children with disabilities from birth to three years old and their families as regulated by Part C of the Individuals
Disabilities Education Improvement Act. The Growing in Beauty Partnership
Program provides staff such as speech language pathologists, physical
therapists and occupational therapists to fill the personnel gaps in the tribal
program’s interdisciplinary teams. In addition, the Institute’s GIBPP staff
provide onsite technical assistance and training to support the tribal staff in
the areas of service coordination, child find, child screening, eligibility
determination, report writing, direct services, documentation, and program
development to help build the tribal program’s capacity to meet the state and
federal regulations of Part C.

For more information about the project
contact:

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

PBISAz - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is
multi-tiered system that an entire school adopts to prevent and reduce
challenging student behavior. It can help schools replace longstanding
patterns of ineffective and sometimes harsh discipline with effective and
data-driven practices that are focused primarily on prevention.

When implemented
properly, staff and students experience a more positive school climate, fewer
office referrals, fewer suspensions, and fewer school-related arrests. With
fewer behavior problems, teachers and administrators experience more time to do
their jobs. However, it takes time and effort for school teams to obtain the
needed training and coaching required to make noticeable changes in their
discipline practices. The national technical assistance center on PBIS is
the definitive resource in the field and can be found at http://www.pbis.org/.

PBIS is also the most recommended
approach to reducing dangerous and unnecessary instances of restraint and
seclusion, often used on students with disabilities. It is for this reason that
the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (https://www.azdes.gov/ADDPC/Home/) contracted
with IHD to create PBISAz, the official
statewide organization dedicated to helping Arizona Districts/Charters/LEAs
initiate PBIS. To learn more about the advisory committee, helpful resources,
high achieving PBIS schools and so much more, follow the link below.

Please follow this link to PBISAZ.org (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports of Arizona).

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SELECT is a federally funded program. Northern Arizona University courses are offered through SELECT to provide
training to persons seeking to expand their skills in working with children
with disabilities and are recommended for general and special education
teachers, administrators, related service personnel, and para-educators.